HGFA Skysailor Magazine

16 SKY SAILOR July | August 2019 News USA Nationals and Women’s Pre-Worlds Congratulations to everyone out at Paradise Airsports for a great week of flying at the 2019 US Nationals and Pre-World Championships, 98 pilots took to the skies over the week. We’re super proud of our Moyes boys and girls who locked out the top spots after four tasks. Jonny Durand on his RX4 Pro took 1st place from a field of 70 world class pilots in the Open Class. Corinna Schwiegershausen was 1st Woman and Pre-World Champion on her new RX3 Pro. To top it off Eric Grabowski took a decisive win over 28 pilots on his Gecko 155 in the Sports Class! Full results at: [https://airtribune.com/ 2019-quest-air-nationals-week-1/results]. Vicki Cain Australian Airspace The latest release of Australian Airspace (May 2019) download is now available [http://xcaustralia.org/ download/]. When using this data to generate maps for third party sites, the E Class and Area Frequency Boundaries are of minor interest to free flight pilots, reflected in the following link. [http:// xcaustralia.org/download/class_all_no_area%20 freq.bnd_&_e%20class%20freq.bnd.php]. Ideally, omit them altogether or add them as a layer with hide function to make for a less uncomplicated and cluttered look. Matt Rosser, Administrator XcAustralia Red Bull Illume Submissions End 31 July 2019 How many people have seen the winning images of Red Bull Illume over the years? Countless – but it’s safe to say that this edition of the world’s greatest imagery contest for adventure and action sports will be adding to them. With 11 unique categories, and some of the best professional and amateur photographers in the world, this is a contest that produces absolutely striking visuals. Submissions for Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019 are open until 31 July. Enter here [redbullillume. com] – but don’t wait! Daniel Deal Bardos, Red Bull Illume LeGPSBIP Solar Vario from Stodeus France A new zero lag, instantaneous audio vario that integrates barometric, gyro and accelerometer sensors to produce a much more sensitive vario without the time lag of traditional barometric varios. This gives an instant improvement to your climbing and coring ability. Furthermore, the GPSBIP is solar powered with an internal battery that produces more power than it needs, it will never run out of juice and can also feed data to a phone or tablet instrument so these have far more sensitive vario data. The vocal readout is also a great new feature, whereby a double tap of the unit casing transmits height, speed and other critical data in a spoken form. All in a package of 35g and smaller than a box of matches. This type of super sensitive, instantaneous vario should be the primary climbing vario, it will never run out of power, so you audio feedback will never change. This All Moyes podium, L-R: Erik Grabowski, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Jonny Durand Back in France: Good climbs over 2500m and lots of clouds to make it easy to find thermals. Spring flying – cold, rough and clear! Photo: John Chapman